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Published on: 11/30/2007
Last Visited: 2/11/2009
Tonight we will first sing Wake, O Wake, and then we will hear Bach's chorale prelude to this piece, played by the cathedral organist, Ernest Neal.
5th Hymn Wake, O Wake, and Sleep no Longer
Wake, O wake, and sleep no longer,
For He who calls you is no stranger,
Awake!
God's own Jerusalem!
Hear the midnight bells are chiming,
The signal for his royal coming,
Let voice to voice announce his name!
We feel his footsteps near,
the Bridegroom at the door,
Alleluia!
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After we sing two verses of Savior of the Nation's Come!, the Cathedral organist, Ernest Neal, will play Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale prelude for the hymn.
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As you listen to Ernest Neal sing this aria, you can hear the melody trace the outlines of the hills and even mimic the crooked curves of those roads which God intends to straighten out for us.
The pianist who will accompany Ernest this evening is Michelle Cowan, organist at St. Pius Parish in Tulsa